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El Khannouss and Genk diametrically opposed, Leicester's third bid also inadequate
Leicester wants Bilal El Khannouss and Bilal El Khannouss wants Leicester. The problem is that the water between the English RC Genk is still deep. The atmosphere between both camps is tense. Until further notice, the 20-year-old midfielder will not train with the Limburgers.
These are exciting days for Bilal El Khannouss. The Moroccan international has set his sights on a transfer to Premier League promoted Leicester City. The talent has made no secret of the fact that he wanted to make the move to a top competition this summer. Genk gave him the freedom to negotiate with other teams and wanted to cooperate under the right conditions.
It saw him as the most expensive outgoing transfer ever and initially aimed at around 35 million euros. "With his talent, he should be able to break the Belgian transfer record", Genk chairman Peter Croonen said a year ago in HLN - before the transfer of Igor Thiago to Brentford (37 million euros).
Million Dance
In the meantime, Genk's asking price has dropped somewhat, while Leicester made a third bid yesterday evening. According to our information, that is also insufficient. Wait and see if an agreement with Genk will be reached by Friday evening, when the English market closes.
El Khannouss himself is waiting impatiently. His camp believes that Genk is asking too high a transfer fee for him and is disappointed that Genk is sticking to its guns at the negotiating table. As a result, El Khannouss decided to withdraw from training this morning, a decision that he motivated in front of the entire dressing room. Which in turn caused dissatisfaction at the club. Genk points out that the agreement is that they, as the selling club, conduct the negotiations and determine the price.
In short: both parties are currently diametrically opposed to each other. To be continued.
No replacement
Genk will not be looking for a replacement for El Khannouss. That has everything to do with Kos Karetsas. The 16-year-old top talent showed again today in the practice match against Fortuna Sittard (2-0) that he is ready for the big job and the club does not want to stand in his way too much.
A departure of El Khannouss would once again make the cash register ring in Limburg. By selling Mike Penders - his transfer to Chelsea will be announced soon - Alieu Fadera (Como), Mark McKenzie (Toulouse), Matias Galarza (AC Talleres), Anouar Aït El Hadj (Union), Rasmus Carstensen (FC Köln) and Nicolás Castro (Elche), Racing already collected 37.5 million euros this summer.